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Lamborough Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE267. The fort occupies a naturally defensive position where the terrain slopes away on multiple sides, exploiting the local topography to create a stronghold with commanding views across the surrounding landscape. The underlying bedrock of Ashgill Rocks—composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone—provides the geological foundation of the site, offering a stable base for occupation and fortification.
The camp exemplifies the promontory fort type, a form of Iron Age settlement which relied upon natural landscape features rather than artificial ramparts alone. Such positions were selected for their inherent defensibility, allowing communities to monitor movement across the countryside and control access to important resources or routes. The Ashgill geology, typical of upland Welsh terrain, would have supported grazing lands and pastoral economies characteristic of the period.
Lamborough Camp represents a significant prehistoric presence in its region, reflecting the strategic occupation of naturally fortified locations during the iron-working centuries. Though now largely earthwork in character, the site preserves evidence of ancient settlement patterns and the ways in which early Welsh communities adapted their defensive architecture to the demands of local geography and available stone.
Lamborough Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE267. View the official record →
Lamborough Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE267.
Lamborough Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a promontory fort - inland. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lamborough Camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is PE267.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slebech Old Church (5.9 km), Sister's House (6.3 km), Picton Castle Mound (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Lamborough Camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Lamborough Camp stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.